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(II) Samuel, son of John Cowles, was born in 1639. He resided in Farmington, and was one of the eighty-four proprietors of that town in 1672. He died April 17, 1691. He married, February 14, 1660, Abigail, daughter of Tim- othy Stanley, of Hartford. Children : I. Sam- uel, born March 17, 1661 ; mentioned below. 2. Abigail, January, 1663 ; married, May, 1678, Thomas Porter, of Farmington. 3. Hannah, December 10, 1664; died June 9, 1746. 4. Timothy, November 4, 1666 ; married Hannah Pitkin, of East Hartford, and removed there. 5. Sarah, December 25, 1668; married, De- cember 18, 1689, Stephen Hart. 6. John, Jan- uary 28, 1670; died October 10, 1648; unmar- ried. 7. Nathaniel, February 15, 1673; mar- ried, February 11, 1696, Phebe Woodruff. 8. Isaac, March 23, 1674-5 ; married, January 2, 1696, Mary Andrews. 9. Joseph, January 18, 1677-8 ; married, June 13, 1699, Abigail Royce, of Meriden, and settled there. 10. Elizabeth, March 17, 1680; died November 8, 1727. II. Caleb, June 20, 1682 ; married, August 7, 1710, Abigail Woodford; lived in Kensington.
(III) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (1) Cowles, was born March 17, 1661, in Farm-
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ington. He inherited the homestead, which he gave to his son Thomas, and removed to Kensington before 1716. He died there Octo- ber 14, 1748. He married, May 12, 1685, Rachel Porter, who died October 4. 1743. Chil- dren : I. Thomas, born February 4, 1686; mentioned below. 2. Ruth, November II, 1688; married Joseph Root. 3. Rachel, 1690; married, December 24, 1713, Joseph Langdon, Jr. 4. Samuel, May 16, 1692; married, No- vember 28, 1716, Sarah Wadsworth. 5. John, August 24, 1694 ; married July 12, 1720, Mary Porter. 6. Hester, May 18, 1697; married, October 30, 1720, Thomas Stanley.
(IV) Thomas, son of Samuel (2) Cowles, was born in Farmington, February 4, 1686, and died there March II, 1751. He lived on the homestead in Farmington. He married, January 6, 1714, Martha Judd, who died Oc- tober 15, 1768, aged seventy-seven, eldest daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Freeman) Judd, of Waterbury. Children, born in Farm- ington : I. Son, May 30, died June 4, 1715. 2. Josiah, November 20, 1716; mentioned be- low. 3. Thomas, 1719; married (first) Ruth Newell: (second) Mary Williams. 4: Zach- ariah, April 18, 1723; died April 29, 1723. 5. Martha, December 29, 1724; died January 27, 1725. 6-7. Twins, June 24, 1727 ; died young. 8. Phineas, March 5, 1730; married Sarah Hawley.
(V) Josiah, son of Thomas Cowles, was born in Farmington, November 20, 1716, and died June 6, 1793. He settled in that part of Farmington which became Southington, on what was then called Little or Two-mile Plain, where he bought large tracts of land. He was a leading man in church and town, and held many important town offices. He was captain of militia and justice of the peace. He was a man of great energy of character. In per- sonal appearance he was of medium size, with brown hair and blue eyes. In his later years he was very stout. He was jocose, active and talkative; of strong passions, good mind and studious habits. He married ( first) Novem- ber II, 1739, Jemima Dickinson, died October 19, 1746, aged twenty-nine years; (second) November 22, 1748, Mary Scott, died Novem- ber 29, 1809, aged seventy-seven years, daugh- ter of Samuel and Mary ( Pyncheon) Scott. Children : 1. Ashbel, born September 29, 1740. 2. Gamaliel, July 12, 1742. 3. Esther, 1744. 4. Jemima D., October 1, 1746; married, De- cember 5, 1768, Nathan Lewis, Jr. ; died June 14, 1800. Children of second wife: 5. Calvin, November 14. 1749. 6. Martha, August 23,
1751 ; married Amos Atwater, and died Janu- ary II, 1786. 7. Thomas, September 27, 1753. 8. Samuel, November 28, 1755; died Novem- ber 27, 1825. 9. Mary, October 2, 1757 ; mar- ried, January 4, 1781, James Upson ; died Sep- tember 2, 1842. 10. Wickliff, August 22, 1759 : married Martha -; died August 5, 1793. II. George W., July 29, 1761 ; see forward. 12. Whitfield, 1764. 13. Ruth, baptized May II, 1766 ; married Abraham Atwater. 14. Sophro- nia, born 1768; died August 1, 1790. 15. Pitt, baptized August, 1770. 16. Nancy, born 1773; married, October 9, 1791, Selah Barnes ; died April 7, 1831. 17. Timothy, baptized Jan- uary 30, 1780; died at sea, 1803.
(VI) George Washington, son of Captain Josiah Cowles, was born July 29, 1761. He was a carpenter by trade. He removed in 1807 to Westfield, Massachusetts, where he died in 1827. He served in the revolution, in Captain Jabez Fitch's company, Colonel Sam- uel Canfield's regiment, August 17 to Novem- ber 17, 1782. He married Naomi, daughter of Asa and Phebe ( Adkins) Barnes, of South- ington, Connecticut. Children : I. Martin A., died young. 2. Apollos, born 1784; died 1808. 3. Lucy, married Samuel Jones. 4. Martin A., born 1789; mentioned below. 5. Child, died young. 6. Gamaliel, born 1796; married (first) Maria Everton ; (second) Harriet Lamberton. 7. Sally, born 1798; married James Loomis. 8. Lucas, born 1800; married Lydia Noble. 9. Seth, born 1803 ; married Harriet M. Loomis. IO. Orrin, born 1805; married Lucretia Rising.
(VII ) Martin A., son of George WV. Cowles, was born in 1789, in Meriden, Connecticut, and died in 1861, in Westfield, Massachusetts. He was a carpenter by trade, and among the buildings he erected was the block on the south side of Park Square, in Westfield. He mar- ried (first ) Jerusha Fox, born April 27, 1792, at Westfield, died May 3. 1844, daughter of Jonathan Fox. She was a school teacher. He married (second) Catherine Holcomb. Chil- dren: Sally A., George, Jarvis W., Rosette, Morris, Morton and Delight.
(VIII) Jarvis Whitfield, son of Martin A. Cowles, was born September 2, 1817, and died July 8, 1900. He was a carpenter at Westfield and Mundale Centre, also a mill- wright and farmer. He married, at South- wick, April 4, 1843, Susan Maria Rising, born June 29, 1822, died April 19, 1904, daughter of Caleb and Cherry ( Palmer) Rising, grand- daughter of Raynor Rising. Children: Ezra R., Anna, Jane, Charles, Ella, Jarvis W. and Frank, died aged six years.
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(IX) Ezra Robert, son of Jarvis W. Cowles, was born at Westfield Centre, September 9, 1844. He was educated in the public schools of Westfield and learned the trade of whip- making in Westfield, Massachusetts. He be- came a prominent manufacturer of whips at Westfield, where he resides. He is a member of Mount Moriah Lodge of Free Masons and of the Westfield Club. He married, in 1868, Nellie A. Rose, born May 30, 1847, daughter of Harvey and Susan (Roland) Rose, of Granville, Massachusetts. One child: Frank Eugene, mentioned below.
(X) Frank Eugene, son of Ezra Robert Cowles, was born in Chicago, Illinois, January 6, 1870. He attended the Chicago schools until 1880 when the family removed to West- field, Massachusetts, and completed his educa- tion in the Westfield high school. In 1893 he was one of the organizers of the Independent Whip Company of Westfield and he became manager of the business. The concern has prospered greatly under his management and has taken rank among the leading whip manu- facturies of the town. Westfield is the center of the whip industry in New England. Since 1901 he has been a trustee of the Westfield Savings Bank. He is a member of Mount Moriah Lodge of Free Masons; of Westfield Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Westfield, Massachusetts ; of Springfield Commandery, Knights Templar; of Melha Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Springfield ; of the Westfield Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and the Westfield Club. He was for many years a member of the Re- publican town committee and attended various nominating conventions of his party. He mar- ried (first) January 21, 1892, Carrie E. St. John, born July 26, 1874, died March 25, 1897, daughter of Myron E. St. John ; married (sec- ond) Ethel King, born January 20, 1874, daughter of Eugene R. King, Westfield. Child of first wife: Eugene R., born March 25, 1894. Child of second wife: Frank E., born March 31, 1902.
MACKINTOSH John Mackintosh, the immigrant ancestor, de- scendant of an ancient and distinguished Scotch family, settled in Dudham, Massachusetts, when a young man. He may have been, as were most of the Scotch who came to Massachusetts 1650-60, a soldier and prisoner of war taken by Cromwell and sent to the colony. He married, at Dedham, April 5, 1650, Rebecca, daughter of Michael Metcalf, a dornix weaver from Norwich, Eng-
land, schoolmaster at Dedham. Metcalf be- queathed to his grandson John McIntosh, son of John and Rebecca McIntosh. McIntosh married ( second ) Jane - , his first wife dying December 8, 1767. McIntosh's will, dated August 13, proved October 28, 1691, be- queathed to wife Jane and children William and Rachel. Children, born at Dedham : I. John, May 15, 1664 ; died November, 1683. 2. William, mentioned below. Children of second wife: 3. Rachel, born February II, 1668. 4. Samuel, November 21, 1672; probably died young.
(II) William, son of John Mackintosh, was baptized in Dedham, November 25, 1665, and died there. He married Experience Holbrook, who died August 29, 1714, at Dedham. Chil- dren, born at Dedham: I. John, April 25, 1694: died young. 2. Rebecca, August II, 1696. 3. William, June 16, 1700; mentioned below. 4. John, September 26, 1704: joined church at Dedham, December 31, 1727. 5. Moses, September 1, 1708. 6. Joanna ( ?), married, June 24, 1729, John Mackewithe.
(III) William (2), son of William (I) Mackintosh, was born in Dedham, June 16, 1700, and died September 9, 1724. He mar- ried there, June 7, 1721, Joanna Lyon, born August 25, 1693. Children, born at Dedham : I. William, born June 16, 1722; mentioned below. 2. Jeremiah, March 1, 1723-4.
(IV) Colonel William (3), son of William (2) Mackintosh, was born in Dedham, June 16, 1722, died January 3, 1813. He lived in his native town until the age of fourteen, when he went to Connecticut to learn the trade of carpenter. After a year he abandoned this trade and removed to Roxbury, Massachusetts, where he lived eleven years. He was a soldier in the French and Indian war ; commissioned ensign September 9, 1755; with army at Fort Edward and at Lake George, March 13, 1758, where, having previously distinguished him- self for bravery, he was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant. After the war he returned to his family at Roxbury, subsequently re- moving to Needham, where he resided for the remainder of his life, a period of forty-nine years. In 1774, according to the records, he was chosen captain of one of the three com- panies into which the Needham militia was then divided. He was delegate May 29, 1775, to the provincial congress of Massachusetts at Watertown. He served in Captain Smith's company. Colonel Heath's regiment, in 1776: shortly afterward was commissioned lieuten- ant-colonel, and February 4, 1776, the council
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advanced him to the rank of colonel, and he served his country faithfully in that rank dur- ing the rest of the war. He was chosen mem- ber of a committee, July 15, 1776, to raise men "in the best way they could" for reinforcing General Washington at Hudson river, New York, and was on a committee May 24, 1779, charged with the care of the families of Conti- nental soldiers in the field. Among the en- gagements in which he took part was that of Yorktown, of which a precious relic has de- scended to his great-grandson, James Mack- intosh (mentioned below), the written order addressed to Colonel Mackintosh directing him to support his commander-in-chief, and signed by Washington himself. Mackintosh is described as "courageous yet cool" in action, and it is said that he was highly esteemed by Washington, who honored him with a special commendation. Colonel McIntosh was also prominent in public life. He was selectman of Needham for twelve years, and represented the district in the general court, serving on important committees, for five years; was member of the Massachusetts constitutional convention in 1779, and of the state conven- tion to ratify the federal constitution in 1788. He died January 3, 1813, at the great age of ninety-one years.
He married, August 15, 1745, Abigail Whit- ing, born September 14, 1729; died May, 1799, aged sixty-six years. Her father, Ebenezer Whiting, was born January II, 1699, son of Jonathan, born October 9, 1667, son of Na- thaniel, died January 15, 1682. Children of Colonel Mackintosh: 1. William, born Au- gust II, 1746. 2. Samuel, born February 17, 1749; died July 25, 1785. 3. John, born No- vember 22, 1751. 4. Abigail, March II, 1754. 5. Royal, born January 18, 1757 ; died July 8, 1807. 6. Gideon, born May 10, 1759; died July 4, 1825. 7. Ebenezer, born February 26, 1764; mentioned below. 8. Bathsheba, born April 18, 1766; died July 17, 1787. 9. Lucy, born March 7, 1771 ; died August 28, 1798.
(IV) Ebenezer, son of Colonel William (3) Mackintosh, was born in Roxbury, February 26, 1764. He was called Major, and is said to have held that rank in the state militia. He kept a hotel in Needham many years. He married, November 28, 1789, Jemima Mills, born January 10, 1766, died September II, 1819; (second) January 11, 1821, Mary N. Dunster, died July 4, 1833, aged sixty-two years. He died September 4, '1834, aged sev- enty-one years. Children of first wife: I. Francis, born January 27, 1791 ; died August
24, 1829 ; married, May 17, 1821, Julia Felton. 2. Curtis, born September 8, 1795; had sons Curtis and Charles, who were successful farmers, making a specialty of milk and garden produce. 3. Ebenezer Whiting, born October 24, 1798 ; mentioned below. 4. Charlotte, born July 12, 1802 ; married, May 6, 1824, Abijah Greenwood; their son, Charles Curtis Green- wood, now dead, was a prominent citizen of Needham, having the largest insurance busi- ness in the town, serving in turn as assessor, town clerk, postmaster, and representative to the general court ; of antiquarian tastes, gather- ing material for the book entitled "Needham Epitaphs," completed and published by George Kuhn Clarke, of Needham. 5. Michael, born May 9, 1804 ; a successful business man, manu- facturer of window and blind hinges in Need- ham, and later of carpets at Roxbury ; mar- ried, October 25, 1824, Abigail Cheney. 6. Nathan, born April 2, 1806; married May 21, 1829, Martha Fisher; their son George, now dead, established the prosperous ice business now conducted by the Needham Ice Company for the benefit of the heirs.
(V) Ebenezer Whiting, son of Ebenezer Mackintosh, was born at Needham, October 24, 1798, died March 24, 1878. He was reared on the old homestead in the house built by his father, and was educated in the public schools of his native town. He followed farming throughout his active life. He was a member of the prudential committee several years. He married, April 18, 1822, Hannah Pratt, born August 18, 1804, died October 30, 1874, aged seventy years two months, daughter of Paul Pratt, of Weston, Massachusetts. Children, born at Needham : I. William Washington, January 27, 1823; died March 6, 1903; mar- ried Rachel Cowen. 2. Susan P., January 15. 1824; died September 6, 1862; married, Au- gust 21, 1837, William Mason. 3. Helen Maria, March 17, 1826; married Thomas Harbottle. 4. Sylvester, October 19, 1827; died January 4. 1894; resided in that part of the town now incorporated as Wellesley ; was town constable ; became a contractor and builder, and built up a part of the section now known as Wellesley Hills ; married, April 3, 1849, Elsie P. Con- way ; she died February 27, 1893. 5. Hiram, July 25, 1829: went west about 1863, and has never been heard from. 6. Sylvia, February 18, 1831 ; died December 25, 1871 ; married (first) August 2, 1850, Joshua Bemis; (sec- ond) August 23, 1868, Daniel Birtwell ; he de- ceased. 7. Ebenezer W., January 22, 1833; lied March 25, 1898; married ( first) 1856,
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Mary A. C. Lacy; (second) February 23, 1862, Ruth A. Vose. 8. Stephen, September 17, 1836; died August 14, 1866. 9. James, mentioned below.
(VI) James, son of Ebenezer Whiting Mackintosh, was born at Needham, April 9, 1838, on the family homestead. He obtained his early education in the public schools of his native town. From his youth he was engaged in farming for his father and other farmers of the vicinity until he was twenty-five years old. Having prudently saved the greater part of his earnings, he then bought the farm that he now occupies. Here he has carried on farm- ing for forty-six years, making a specialty of market gardening and finding a ready sale for his produce in Brookline and Boston. He has also been a dealer in timber and wood. In politics he has always been independent, affili- ated with no party, and always taking such course as his reason and conscience may dic- tate. He has taken a keen interest in public questions and evinced much public spirit in town affairs. He was first elected one of the four superintendents of streets in 1886, and continued in that office for twelve years; was selectman in 1871, 1874, and for five years in all. being chairman of the board one year, finally declining re-election. He was repre- sentative to the general court from the Ninth Norfolk district in 1876, re-elected in 1877 and 1881. During his first term he served on the committee of agriculture, of which he was chairman. During his second term he was one of the committee of woman suffrage, as well as agriculture, and in his third term on public service and agriculture. In the legis- lative session of 1881, when Wellesley was set off from Needham and incorporated as a town, he procured the passage of an amend- ment requiring the new town to pay Need- ham a large sum of money, in conformity with the school laws. He was elected water com- missioner in 1890, and served in that office six years, being chairman during the entire period, and giving his time and personal super- vision to the construction of the water works, a much needed improvement that was accom- plished economically and expeditiously.
Among the heirlooms of Mr. Mackintosh are two Bibles, the older of which, printed in 1814, was originally owned by his grandfather, Ebenezer Mackintosh; the other, printed in 1861, originally the property of his mother, to whom it was given by her children. From the records in these Bibles are copied many of the dates in this narrative. With the excep-
tion of a slight dullness of vision caused by incipient cataract, Mr. Mackintosh enjoys all his faculties and excellent health, notwith- standing his advancing age. In personality attractive, he is distinguished by the courtesy and manners of a gentleman of the old school. He enjoys to an exceptional degree the confi- dence and esteem of the community. He mar- ried (first) August 23, 1864, Elizabeth H. Hall, of Boston, born April 30, 1842, at Boston, died October 1, 1885, daughter of John B. Hall. He married (second) October 1I, 1888, Mary E. Wales, of Newton, born August 28, 1851. Children of first wife: Herbert B. and Wendell Phillips, both mentioned below.
(VII) Herbert B., son of James Mackin- tosh, was born in Needham, November 18, 1874. He attended the public schools of his native town, and entered Harvard College, where he was graduated with the degree of A. B. in the class of 1897. He studied his profession in the law school of Boston Uni- versity, where he was graduated in 1900. He was admitted to the bar in 1901, and entered upon active practice in the office of Thomas E. Grover, now district attorney of Norfolk county. He has a general practice, largely in the courts of Norfolk and Middlesex coun- ties. In politics he is an independent. He re- sides with his father.
(VII) Wendell Phillips, son of James Mack- intosh, was born in Needham, November 7, 1879. He was educated in the Needham public schools and Comer's Commercial College, of Boston. He was for several years bookkeeper for the Planters' Compressed Cotton Com- pany, assisting the treasurer of the company. Since 1905 he has been an equal partner with Edward A. Hewitson, a cousin, in conducting the Stillman White Foundry, of Providence, Rhode Island, manufacturing babbitt metal and other lead alloys, and doing a very success- ful business. In politics he is Republican. He resides at Providence, Rhode Island. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, of Need- ham. He married Helen Moseley, of Need- ham, daughter of Hon. William G. Moseley, of that place.
The surname Carruth appears CARRUTH to be an abbreviation of Car- ruthers, a surname derived from an English place name. Carruthers is a hamlet in the parish of Middlebie, county Dumfries. The word means red castle, or fort. The family was established about 1450 in Dumfriesshire and Roxburghshire, Scotland,
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and a branch settled in Ulster province, Ire- land, where it is still a family of importance. Francis Carruthers was a tenant of John Hamilton on a five hundred acre grant with numerous other Scotchmen before 1619, in the precinct of Fewes, county Armagh. The spelling Carruth has not been found by the writer in Irish or Scotch records. A justice Carruth was living in North Carolina as early as 1755, when a Presbyterian meeting was held at his house. With the Scotch-Irish who set- tled in Worcester county came John and Will- iam Carruth. Family tradition says they were half-brothers. They settled in Westborough, Massachusetts, near the Scotch-Irish of Graf- ton, Hopkinton and Upton. William and Margaret Carruth had a son Joseph, born at Westborough May 21, 1738, and daughters- Hannah, born April 3, 1743, and Mary, Sep- tember 14, 1740.
(I) John Carruth, brother of William, was born doubtless in Ulster, Ireland. Like many of the Scotch-Irish he was a weaver by trade, but followed farming principally after coming to America. He was in Westborough as early as 1734. He married Jemima Russell, of Sud- bury, Massachusetts. (See Russell). He bought land in Westborough of Jonathan Flagg, of that town, also in 1765, of Nathaniel Oak and Jonathan Oak. His will was dated at North- borough, an adjoining town, where he spent his later years, April 10, 1775, bequeathing to wife Jemima and children John, James, Jonas, Nathan, Josiah, William, Lucy, Sarah, Lydia and Jemima. His widow died at North- borough, September 19, 1798, aged eighty- four years on the day of her death. Children, born in Northborough : 1. John, June 9, 1734; mentioned below. 2. James, November 6, 1737 : soldier in revolution; settled in Templeton. 3. Jonas, June 8, 1740; died at Petersham, June 23, 1827. 4. Ephraim, Junc 13, 1742; soldier in revolution. 5. Nathan, born March 29, 1744 ; settled in North Brookfield ; married, 1774, Elizabeth Whipple. 6. Jemima, Novem- ber 10, 1745. 7. Josiah, soldier in the revolti- tion ; married, August 4, 1779, Betty Bowker, at Sudbury ; settled in Templeton. 8. William, died 1799, at Barre. 9. Lucy. 10. Sarah. II. Lydia.
(II) John (2), son of John (1) Carruth, was born at Westborough, Junc 9, 1734, dicd at Northborough, December 28, 1814. He marricd, at Sudbury, May 20, 1760, Miriam Maynard, who died May 28, 1809, aged sev- enty-two years. Hc was an ensign in the revolution, in Captain Nathan Howc's com-
pany, Colonel Whitney's regiment, commis- sioned February 21, 1776, for the defence of Boston. At least five of his brothers were also in the revolution. He lived at North- borough. John and Joseph Carruth, of North- borough, bought of John Temple, mortgagee, land in Paxton, June 6, 1789. Children, born in Northborough : I. Ephraim, August 14, 1761 ; mentioned below. 2. Joseph, February 16, 1764; died June 17, 1830. 3. Miriam, May 5, 1766. 4. John, September 23, 1768; died December 27, 1841. 5. Persis, February 22, 1771. 6. Silas, June 20, 1772; died March 7, 1840. 7. Moses, December 25, 1774.
(III) Ephraim, son of John (2) Carruth, was born at Northborough, August 14, 1761. He settled in Paxton about 1795. He bought of Joseph Carruth, brother or uncle, of North- borough, April 11, 1800, thirty acres of land in Paxton. He deeded land in Lancaster to his son Charles E., October 27, 1834, and was then of Lancaster. Children: I. Abigail, bap- tized at Northborough, October 13, 1793. 2. Charles E., mentioned below. And others at Paxton.
(IV) Charles E., son of Ephraim Carruth, was born in Paxton, November 30, 1808. He lived at Paxton, Lancaster and Cambridge, where he was a grocer for about forty years. He died in Cambridge, October 21, 1864. He married, December 1, 1836, Mary Ann Mer- riam, born March 17, 1817, at Bedford, Mass- achusetts, died February 11, 1900. Children : I. Mary Josephine, born June 25, 1839; mar- ried, November 7, 1861, William E. Fife, a baker at Cambridge and Clinton, Massachu- setts, later a real estate agent, killed with his daughter Dora by a railroad train at crossing in Lancaster ; only child, Dora Fife, born Oc- tober 25, 1862, killed at same time as her father. 2. J. M., died young. 3. Charles E., born January 10, 1842 ; died unmarried, August 22, 1907 ; a grocer on River street, Cambridge for about forty years, succeeding to the business established there by his father. 4. Susan F., born November 17, 1843; dicd October 31, 1878; married, December 23, 1869, Alphonso E. Mclendy, a farmer at Sterling, Massachu- setts ; three children. 5. George Edward, born November 14, 1846; mentioned below. 6. Helen T., born October 8, 1849; married, De- cember 1, 1870, John T. Morse, of Cambridge ; she died in New York City.
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